Winterkill

Ragnar Jónasson, 1976-

Book - 2020

"Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling in Siglufjoerdur, the northernmost town in Iceland, as crowds of tourists arrive to visit the majestic ski slopes. Ari Thor Arason is now a police inspector, but he's separated from his girlfriend, who lives in Sweden with their three-year-old son. A family reunion is planned for the holiday, but a violent blizzard is threatening and there is an unsettling chill in the air. Three days before Easter, a nineteen-year-old local girl falls to her death from the balcony of a house on the main street. A perplexing entry in her diary suggests that this may not be an accident, and when an old man in a local nursing home writes 'She was murdered' again and again on the wa...ll of his room, there is every suggestion that something more sinister lies at the heart of her death... As the extreme weather closes in, cutting the power and access to Siglufjoerdur, Ari Thor must piece together the puzzle to reveal a horrible truth... one that will leave no one unscathed"--

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Subjects
Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Noir fiction
Novels
Published
London : Orenda Books 2020.
Language
English
Icelandic
Main Author
Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- (author)
Other Authors
David (Linguist) Warriner (translator)
Item Description
Original language: Icelandic.
"First published in French as Sigló, 2020"--Page opposite title page.
Physical Description
225 pages : maps ; 21 cm
ISBN
9781913193461
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

In the seven years since police inspector Ari Thór Arason moved to Siglufjörder, a new tunnel has transformed the town from isolated Icelandic backwater to bustling tourist destination. As tourists begin to arrive for the Easter holiday, a shy local girl named Unnar plunges to her death from the attic balcony of an imposing home on Siglufjörder's main street. The couple, who admit to buzzing Unnar into the building, claim not to know her, and the building's other occupant is away. Despite finding no evidence of a scuffle on the balcony, Ari Thór has lingering questions about why Unnar chose that particular house to make her final statement. When a bedridden resident at a local eldercare home claims to know that the girl was murdered, the investigation becomes a true mystery. Jónasson offers a matured, thoughtful Ari Thór in this sixth episode in his Dark Iceland series, as the inspector ultimately unravels two of Siglufjörder's darkest secrets and makes strides toward finding a new personal path for himself. A must-read series for fans of international crime fiction.

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

The discovery of a young woman's body on the main street of the remote town of Siglufjörður propels Jónasson's outstanding final Dark Iceland mystery featuring police inspector Ari Thór Arason (after 2019's Rupture). The victim, later identified as 19-year-old Unnur, fell from a balcony overlooking the street, but was it an accident? Or did Unnur jump--or, worse, was she pushed? In classic procedural style, Ari Thór tries to piece together what happened to this "quiet, studious" girl who was still living at home with her mother, but he makes little progress, with no witnesses and no obvious suspects. The stakes rise when Ari Thór learns that a patient in a local nursing home scrawled "She was murdered" on the wall of his room after hearing about the death. How this distinctive lead relates to the people of Siglufjörður is as intriguing as the crime solving. That this is a translation of the French translation of the original Icelandic edition is no impediment to enjoyment. Series fans will be sorry to see the last of Ari Thór. Agent: David Headley, DHH Literary (U.K.). (Mar.)

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